Is the Irish Government going to allow the Quinn companies be wiped out
completely? It was the government that allowed the appointment of the
Receiver at the behest of an “Institution” which is now being charged
with criminality; maybe the Government was misled by lies but now
Ministers have a responsibility to rectify the wrongs. I will just give a
few examples of what is happening to the employees and the local
community at present.
The clinker store that collapsed months ago has still not been repaired
and the dust is polluting houses and agricultural businesses for miles
around;
Thousands upon thousands of poor quality bottles have been returned;
these are being crushed in the new mobile crusher hired/bought for that
sole purpose. This is on top of the already well known problem with the
deception of Diageo;
The General Manager of plastics (appointed by the current management)
resigned as the profits in that division continued to plummet;
There are long waiting lists for the supply of many products even
though sales are well down on previous years; customers are annoyed and
staff embarrassed. Millions of euro/pounds are being lost weekly owing
to slow delivery and poor quality;
Production levels are less than half of what they were 5 years ago but
plant has not been maintained for over 2 years and spare
parts are not in stock. Workers are sometimes asked to produce goods
with unsuitable raw materials;
Staff members are under immense pressure and there are huge numbers off
sick. Many new employees only last a few days and the working
atmosphere is atrocious. (It is not uncommon to see staff crying);
Many managers fail to turn in to work (including the C.E.O.) so there is no leadership or motivation.
Is the Government going to allow one of the best companies in Ireland
disappear? It has ignored our previous appeals for help and we dread
joining the unemployed in 2014.
Worried
employees
3 comments:
It is unbelievable that a government purporting to be interested in jobs can ignore the failure of the current management to run the Quinn group. It is tragic for employees
The employees need to be supported here. Once the factories close the jobs are gone for good. The fall out from the taking down of Quinn is a sad and horrific legacy for this government. Sending down a group of accountants to run a diverse and profitable group of manufacturing companies was always going to be a disaster. Sense should now prevail, and send in Quinn, keep him away from money and accounts if that is what is necessary, but put him back to steer the companies back, customers will return, staff morale will increase, and secondary business,s will once again thrive. Surely that's in the interest of the Banks that are owed money, the government for the economy and the staff for their jobs. There is no down side to bringing back Quinn to steady the ship.
Two and a half years in. Companies falling apart, jobs being lost, and the man who can rectify things sitting in his house 3 miles away. Ownership of companies still being fought, Court cases being fought on a weekly basis, legal teams so far the only winners. No returns for Banks and Bondholders, job losses for the government who promised job creation, and a community in disarray . Put Quinn back in , nobody will run the companies better that the man who built them. Staff will be happy, jobs will once again be created under Quinns stewardship, Banks will get a better return. Why can nobody see the obvious solution. Sometimes stubbornness and the inability to admit to a wrong course of action can leave devasting consequences. It may not be too late to change the ships course.
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